Lakeisha
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 812 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,850since 1967
Lakeisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Lakeisha has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,374 | 65 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,095 | 73 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,636 | 99 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,406 | 119 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,100 | 167 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,007 | 184 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,048 | 174 | — | |
| 1993 | #854 | 227 | — | |
| 1992 | #700 | 308 | — | |
| 1991 | #628 | 357 | — | |
| 1990 | #587 | 392 | — | |
| 1989 | #531 | 435 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #487 | 463 | — | |
| 1987 | #426 | 524 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #417 | 526 | — | |
| 1985 | #390 | 579 | — | |
| 1984 | #404 | 524 | — | |
| 1983 | #420 | 517 | — | |
| 1982 | #378 | 607 | — | |
| 1981 | #361 | 648 | — | |
| 1980 | #331 | 729 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #291 | 824 | — | |
| 1978 | #286 | 812 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #296 | 798 | — | |
| 1976 | #328 | 679 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #397 | 513 | — | |
| 1974 | #424 | 458 | — | |
| 1973 | #555 | 296 | — | |
| 1972 | #836 | 157 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,376 | 77 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,736 | 52 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lakeisha! It came in at #6,804, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lakeisha is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#100 · 1 in 307
- Louisiana#159 · 1 in 920
- Mississippi#162 · 1 in 806
- Alabama#229 · 1 in 1,333
- Georgia#229 · 1 in 1,395
Best ever in a state: #72 in Mississippi, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #100 | 5 | 1 in 307 |
| Louisiana | #159 | 28 | 1 in 920 |
| Mississippi | #162 | 17 | 1 in 806 |
| Alabama | #229 | 17 | 1 in 1,333 |
| Georgia | #229 | 30 | 1 in 1,395 |
| North Carolina | #230 | 29 | 1 in 1,403 |
| Maryland | #244 | 17 | 1 in 1,630 |
| Tennessee | #303 | 15 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Virginia | #317 | 17 | 1 in 2,183 |
| South Carolina | #358 | 8 | 1 in 2,475 |
| Missouri | #369 | 12 | 1 in 2,711 |
| Illinois | #394 | 29 | 1 in 2,665 |
| Ohio | #401 | 22 | 1 in 3,175 |
| Michigan | #407 | 20 | 1 in 3,022 |
| Kentucky | #437 | 6 | 1 in 3,548 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 5 | 1 in 3,449 |
| Florida | #513 | 20 | 1 in 3,851 |
| Pennsylvania | #569 | 14 | 1 in 5,131 |
| Texas | #569 | 33 | 1 in 4,042 |
| Indiana | #572 | 7 | 1 in 4,906 |
| Wisconsin | #620 | 5 | 1 in 5,859 |
| New Jersey | #682 | 8 | 1 in 5,999 |
| New York | #840 | 16 | 1 in 7,424 |
| California | #1,295 | 18 | 1 in 13,555 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lakeisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 540 spots in 1972 (#1,376 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1994 (#854 → #1,048)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1978 at #286 (812 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1972–1993
- Highest: 1 in 1,887 girls born in 1978 were named Lakeisha (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 180,021 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 43.2% of all girls named Lakeisha (5,552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27 | #3,774 (1969) | #5,242 |
| 1970s | 4,666 | #286 (1978) | #653 |
| 1980s | 5,552 | #331 (1980) | #415 |
| 1990s | 2,100 | #587 (1990) | #1,106 |
| 2000s | 381 | #2,374 (2000) | #4,245 |
| 2010s | 88 | #7,118 (2011) | #11,768 |
| 2020s | 36 | #10,271 (2024) | #12,446 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lakeisha in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 4,238 of them was named Lakeisha, which outranked 96.4% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 250,116 of them was named Lakeisha, which outranked 39.2% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,165Zakkery9
- #5,165Zayd9
- #5,165Zion9
- #5,615Lakeisha8
- #5,615Abdel8
- #5,615Abdias8
- #5,615Abed8
- #6,229Aarin7
- #6,229Aaryn7
- #6,229Abby7
Tied with 613 names at #5,615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.